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o3 vs Qwen3 32B
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Winner summary
o3 wins on 7/7 benchmarks
o3 wins 7 of 7 shared benchmarks. Leads in coding · knowledge · general.
Category leads
coding·o3knowledge·o3general·o3math·o3
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
o3
#111 by perf·no signal
Qwen3 32B
#109 by perf·#2 by attention
Best value
Qwen3 32B
28.0x better value than o3
o3
10.2 pts/$
$5.00/M
Qwen3 32B
286.1 pts/$
$0.18/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
7 benchmarks · 2 models
o3Qwen3 32B
Aider polyglot
o3 leads by +41.3
Aider Polyglot · measures how well AI models can edit code across multiple programming languages using the Aider coding assistant framework.
o3
81.3
Qwen3 32B
40.0
Chess Puzzles
o3 leads by +34.7
Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities.
o3
34.8
Qwen3 32B
0.0
Dtbench
o3 leads by +28.9
o3
74.7
Qwen3 32B
45.8
Fiction.LiveBench
o3 leads by +14.7
Fiction.LiveBench · a continuously updated benchmark using recently published fiction to test reading comprehension and reasoning, preventing data contamination.
o3
88.9
Qwen3 32B
74.2
GPQA diamond
o3 leads by +21.5
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
o3
75.8
Qwen3 32B
54.3
Lmca
o3 leads by +26.4
o3
46.7
Qwen3 32B
20.3
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
o3 leads by +17.5
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
o3
84.4
Qwen3 32B
66.9
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | o3 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
Aider polyglot Aider Polyglot · measures how well AI models can edit code across multiple programming languages using the Aider coding assistant framework. | 81.3 | 40.0 |
Chess Puzzles Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities. | 34.8 | 0.0 |
Dtbench | 74.7 | 45.8 |
Fiction.LiveBench Fiction.LiveBench · a continuously updated benchmark using recently published fiction to test reading comprehension and reasoning, preventing data contamination. | 88.9 | 74.2 |
GPQA diamond Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs. | 75.8 | 54.3 |
Lmca | 46.7 | 20.3 |
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills. | 84.4 | 66.9 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens